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Dad's Insta-tree
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We got home to Baltimore a couple hours ago and are settled in.

We don't normally decorate the house for the holidays because we go out to my in-laws and my family's big holiday is Chinese New Year. But this year, I decided to assemble one of those 6 ft. Spiral Christmas Trees to make the living room a little more festive for another wave of family arriving tomorrow. I feel like the crazy dad in the movie A Christmas Story who fussed and cussed while getting the house decorated.

As you can see in the last photo, mom and baby are very happy for me. - mike lee

Eastward Home
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The Xmas Lootmobile heads eastward to Baltimore with wife and I wearing the badge of our 15th annual holiday trip to Ohio.

- mike lee -
Capturing Christmas Cute
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What's Christmas without cute kids?


- mike lee - greenville, ohio
A White Christmas!
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It's been flurrying for the last three hours here on the Ohio-Indiana border. The forecast is for just enough snow to make tomorrow a White Christmas, but not so much as to make it dangerous for the houseguests driving in.

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Happy Holidays From The Lees!
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A Very Merry Doggy Xmas
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On a stop into Suter's Meats, an old-fashioned butcher shop on the main street in Greenville, Ohio, my father-in-law thoughtfully asked the butcher for a bone to give to our dog. The butcher, who must have been overcome by the holiday spirit--or just feeling mischievious--returned with a massive 10 lb. bone. Riding on the same seasonal spirit, we brought the bone home. The dog, not having heard the old adage that you shouldn't eat anything bigger than your head, eagerly attacked her prize, and must have been thinking, "I LOVE this country!"

- mike lee -
7th hour on the road ...
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... out of what will be a trip of 11. It's taking longer than usual because we're taking baby feeding and diaper change breaks. We're 75 miles east of Columbus, Ohio on Rt. 70 heading steadily west. It's dark and all's quiet in the Cruiser.

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Road West
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Our new family is off to Ohio to see mommy's clan for the holidays. Baby Cianna got cranky for a few minutes, but now she's sleeping to road hum and Eva Cassidy. Holding daddy's hand helped too.

- mike lee - baltimore
Phonecam Photos Make Great Magnets
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I just took phonecam pix of our baby from here, here, and here, adjusted color slightly in Adobe Photoshop, and laid them out in Illustrator to print as refridgerator magnets!

The layout was printed to a cheapo Epson Stylus Photo 820 onto Xerox Color Inkjet Magnets sheets. These sheets are flexible magnetic substrate covered with a glossy inkjet paper. The Xerox sheets come four to a pack for about $11.00 at Staples. When printed, the sheets are cut with scissors or a knife.

The finished 2x2" magnets look great and will be a holiday hit with our families. Who says low-rez phonecam images suck?

- mike lee - making martha proud
Baby With Doll Baby
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